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How-tos for all things horror; tips and tricks to help you write like Stephen King, tell a scary story, keep the monsters at bay and more.

A Filmmaker's Guide to Horror Techniques Used in 'American Werewolf in London'
(Note: this article will contain extensive analysis and attention to the film An American Werewolf in London. In order to get the best insight, it is recommended that you watch the whole film at least once).
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Horror Techniques Used in 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose'
(This article will use The Exorcism of Emily Rose extensively in analysis of technique and frame. In order to get the best insight, it is recommended that you watch the whole film at least once).
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Horror Techniques Used in 'The Exorcist'
(This article will contain extensive analysis on the frames and scenes in The Exorcist, so if you want to get the best insight from this article it is recommended that you watch the film at least once).
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to the Horror Techniques Used in 'The Shining'. Top Story - October 2018.
(This article will contain frames from The Shining and so, in order to gain the best insight, it is recommended that you watch the film at least once).
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Horror
Creating the Perfect Horror Story
It's October! Which means the story market will soon be flooded with horror stories, but what makes the perfect horror story? What elements are needed to elicit the right response from the reader? If you are thinking of writing a horror story this month, then here are a few tips to help you get started.
By S. K. Gregory7 years ago in Horror
A Filmmaker's Guide to Horror Techniques Used in 'The Conjuring' Universe
(This article will focus on the following films within the Conjuring Universe respectively: The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, and The Nun. If you would like to get the best insight from this article, it is recommended that you watch each film at least once).
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Horror
The Filmmaker's Guide to Creating Darkness in Horror
(The watchlist for this article in order to gain the best experience for learning is listed as follows: American Werewolf in London, The Woman in Black, The Conjuring 2, The Nun).
By Annie Kapur7 years ago in Horror
8 Steps to Terrifying Horror Fiction Writing. Top Story - July 2018.
Sit tight. You’re going to learn how to scare the holy crap out of your readers. You’re going to do it well and you’re going to enjoy every minute, every second, and every nano-second as admissions to mental health institutes suddenly rise in the wake of the release of your next unholy tome. You alone will be responsible for the mass nervous breakdown of the human race.
By G S Meredith8 years ago in Horror
How To Tell If Your Neighbor Is a Vampire
Neighbors can be tricky things, particularly in cities where you’re in close proximity, but anywhere really. Every once in a while, we get a very strange or creepy neighbor that makes us wonder and question what may really be going on. We begin to theorize, laying awake, what was that weird stare? What was that weird sound? Geez, what’s up with that guy? As Jim Morrison once asserted, people are strange, but I know from personal experience: the undead are even stranger. Could that guy be a vampire? Well, set your paranoid mind to ease or pick up and move; here is a short list of signs that your neighbor could, indeed, be a member of the undead variety, specifically, a vampire.
By L Stone8 years ago in Horror
Techniques Horror Movies Use to Scare You
Even so, a really well-versed horror filmmaker won't necessarily resort to the same old tried and true horror scenes that have made us terrified in the past, but will instead use either a blending of these old kinds, or utilize new, more engaging aspects for truly horrifying graphic scenery unlike anything ever seen before. That's the whole point of the horror genre in the first place, to push the bounds of terror as realistically as can be done. But a good horror doesn't simply scare the viewer, they go far deeper in drawing out both physical and psychological connections so as to send the viewer into a warp hole of considerable unrest. Just watch A Serbian Movie.
By Johnson Bernard8 years ago in Horror
How to Survive a Horror Film
Horror movies are a go-to choice anytime, but are especially prevalent for Halloween. The fright and adrenaline rush that follows a horror flick proves how amazing the genre is to provide a physiological response (such as jumping, screaming, maybe having popcorn explode into the sky by a scary scene).
By Cody Deitz8 years ago in Horror
Diary of a Haunter
We all love haunted houses, mazes, and hayrides, right? As guests, we only see what the actors want us to see. For a few minutes, we are in a fantasyland full of imagination, and it can be pretty scary.
By J B8 years ago in Horror